<br>Every social media savvy Nigerian knows Linda Ikeji, or need to understand her, and it is almost difficult to have a discussion centred on online media in Nigeria without her name turning up, one way or another.By embodying that famous Nigerian can-do mindset, ex-model Linda prospered in making her name a referral point whenever individuals in Nigeria consider an effective news site. For this lady from humble starts, starting a blog site when her modelling profession started to unwind was something to do, for the love of it, never for cash. This was some 6+ years earlier. Now, with the majority of the better-known business organisations in Nigeria contending for advert area on her blog site, Linda’s passion has actually turned her into Nigeria’s premier blog writer, and wealthiest, by far.Over the years, Linda has set patterns, impacted government policy and gave Nigerians lots of things to speak about. Fearing what an unfavorable exposé on her blog site would do their image or careers, stars of all kinds gravitated to her, and Linda, whose modelling profession would never ever be stated to be that high flying, ended up being a celebrity, and got to rub shoulders with those who claim ownership of the flashy world of glamour.<br>
<br>Maintaining a simple mien, Linda, at first, didn’t appear to care much about all the glamour, but she did keep in mind how far she had come and never stopped working to inform the world how she moved from not having a thousand Naira in her bank account a couple of years ago to getting to where she is today: all from having and regularly publishing on her easy design blogspot site, from the convenience of her bedroom.As part of an interview panel a couple of weeks earlier, I heard interviewees gush about how much they appreciate Linda’s work principles and her capability to record and own a sector. ‘She’s so good, she makes her blogging look like chatting with your pals,’ one remarkable aspiring author gushed when asked what she believes is the Linda Ikeji magic. I concurred with her. I think Linda Ikeji is sensational, in her consistency. As somebody who to the writer tag, I understand firsthand how tough staying on track is.Advertisement<br>
<br>Some weeks earlier, Linda published that she had actually obtained a brand new Range Rover 4X4 and social media went abuzz. Many individuals wondered if costs 24 million on one car makes good sense, particularly if you already have two great automobiles in a nation where (as the IMF can’t stop informing the world) the typical person subsists on less than a dollar a day. However, there were those who felt it was a great move: a grand statement that the blog writer had joined the world of the incredibly rich.Linda Ikeji displays her wheels. Photo: Linda Ikeji’s Blog<br>
<br>Perhaps it was the interest produced by the purchase, but Nigerian social media stays abuzz. Not with the news of the super automobile, but around something that has actually evaded the lady’s heels for several years: the concern of what many view as her rampant plagiarism.Now, you ‘d need to go to Linda’s blog site to better understand her design, but the reality is that, normally, beyond the two liners she adds, she can’t declare ownership to the majority of the content. In the new age of incredibly quick breaking news and millions of personal blog sites, copying and pasting is ending up being more widespread and, in places such as Nigeria, is erroneously being perceived as the norm.As quickly as the twitter furore over Linda’s current use of someone’s material without attribution or authorization began on October 4 2014, a lot of individuals rapidly got on her case.22/ 32 Despite making 10s of thousands of US$ each month from her website, @LindaIkeji picks to willfully overlook ALL copyright holders,- Mr. Aye Dee (@MrAyeDee) October 5, 2014
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<br>Linda Ikeji takes posts and is termed effective. If you call her out, it’s beef. This is why politicians take our wealth & are hailed.- Ikenna Ronald Nzimora (@ronaldnzimora) October 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/sugabelly/status/518772004540153856But, Linda is not without her advocates: I do not think in ‘haters’. I don’t believe it’s hating. I simply think it’s a refusal to accept her legitimacy. But it exists, solid.- Chude Jideonwo (@Chude) October 4, 2014Advertisement<br>
<br>Leave Linda Ikeji alone. Start your own blog. Run it the method you desire. Then buy your own Range Rover.- Ohimai Amaize (@MrFixNigeria) October 4, 2014
When all is said and done, the reality will stay as glaring as it is basic: The internet is seriously challenging the existing copyright laws and the sheer variety of violations makes most efforts at persecution an extremely high order. However, the fact also mentions rights and wrongs: Stealing someone’s copyright is wrong and making an earnings out of it is even worse.As I’ve said previously, most content owners are OK with others utilizing part of their work (with attribution and a link back to the original source) but are dissatisfied with the copy and paste journalists who believe it is fair play to occupy their sites with contents that are the fruit of somebody’s intense labour.Advertisement<br>
<br>I will not claim to be saintish. No one is. And I make sure there are several methods to excuse Linda’s alleged disobediences, but those reasons fade in the light of the oft-repeated assertion that she neglects people who attempt to contact her when she infringes on their copyright.That’s too bad. For someone who is an inspiration to many young individuals here, she needs to understand that there is significant distinction in between a press release and an IP. For a news release, most content owners will more than happy that it is being reposted throughout the internet. As an incentive and role design, Linda requires to start teaching those who appreciate her that a piece like the one you’re checking out, as uninviting as it might appear, is someone’s child and like the majority of babies, you need to ask the moms and dad for approval before you take them on a trip away from home. And after, let me know where my child is and how far she’s taken a trip by sending out a message back home, with a track back.She requires to reveal that beyond the hype, she can up her game and set the ideal kind of requirements.<br>